The man police believe was Waterloo Region’s main supplier of methamphetamine pleaded guilty to various drug and weapon offences Friday.

Court heard that Darrell Nurse was not only involved in drug trafficking, but also in an auto theft ring.

In November 2012, police stopped Nurse in a stolen truck.

Inside the truck, court heard, they found crystal meth, Fentanyl patches and $5,000 – but not the homemade bomb.

Two months later, police raided 28 homes and properties across Ontario as part of an investigation dubbed Project Noex.

Most of the search warrants were executed at homes in Waterloo Region and Wellington County, but some locations were further afield – Whitechurch, Toronto and Kingston.

Weapons, vehicles, drugs and cash were seized, along with a security camera set up in Nurse’s bedroom, which court documents show contained footage of Nurse conducting drug-related business.

Last fall, one of the 30 people arrested during the raids – Michelle McCorquodale, who had taken on Nurse’s trafficking responsibilities while he was incarcerated – was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Court documents show that McCorquodale and Nurse were the two main targets of Project Noex.

Among the family members present in the courtroom for Nurse’s case was a newborn grandchild.

Seeing the infant for the first time, Nurse smiled from the prisoner’s box.

He will be sentenced in December, and both Crown and defence lawyers are expected to ask for a 12-year prison term.

Also appearing in court in connection with Project Noex on Friday was 51-year-old Rhonda McMahan.

She pleaded guilty to trafficking Fentanyl patches and stealing luxury vehicles.